I was there once and I completely empathize! But I persevered and, while I'm not a millionaire, having an online business does have its rewards.

Frustration doesn't have to dictate upon you and declare it's end of road. Look at it as a call for a hiatus or a break from your work. It's that time in your labors when you merely have to take a breather and give renewed thought to your business.

Here are a few helpful brain food:

1. What is your motivation? Is it merely to earn money? Ultimately that's every marketer's goal. However, there are many ways to meet that goal. You can take small steps or various turns. Perhaps you can first build a web site that shares what you already know and then go on from there.

My first site on a free web host was a inspirational site. It was put up not to make money but to inspire. Eventually, it brought in some earnings from affiliate links placed here and there. But my motivation was to inspire. Earning money was bonus.

2. Reset your goals. Don't as yet go for big ones. Accomplish small ones first by doing small tasks each day. When you get hang of accomplishing small tasks, you'll naturally progress to achieving larger goals. Try earning first small amounts then graduate to bigger ones.

From a young age I was nicknamed “the creative one” and have spent greater share of my adult life proving that to be true. My passion for holidays, special occasions and finding “perfect” gift was always a great hobby, creative outlet, and stress releaser until I decided to turn it into a full time business. I don’t go anywhere these days without my notepad to jot down ideas, impressions, and observations that I make in everyday life that help me to continually think “outside of mundane.”

As mother of two terrific kids (one boy and one girl), my children will vouch that they always had most spectacular themed birthday parties - neighborhood kids couldn't wait to attend each year to see what type of extravaganza we had "cooked up." Whether it was year that we did "You are a Star" for my daughter's 10th birthday - complete with: tickets for admission and play money in invitation, walk of fame, ticket booth, photo shoot, stocked candy display, and living room transformed into realistic movie theatre. - or my son's 8th birthday party which began with audio taped invitations that had "This birthday mission, should you choose to accept" that were delivered late at night and followed through with "dangerous" missions that involved finding birthday cake before it self-destructed - well, you get idea.

Everyone told me I had that "special knack" to turn any occasion into something really special, and so CookiePots was born. It was named after our first and number one seller Cookie Pot Bouquet that we produce for all occasions. When people first learn what I do, and ask “Just what is a CookiePot?” I simply say. “Imagine getting a wonderful delivery of flowers in adorable flower pots personalized with your name. Inside pot may be candy, coffee, lemonade or cocoa and then, upon closer inspection you realize that flowers on end of stems aren’t flowers at all – they are delightful decorated cookies!” We have cupcake and party hat cookies for birthdays, baby bottle and rocking horse cookies for babies, and cookie designs for every special occasion that you can think of.